Egypt’s Coptic Christian minority, the largest in the Middle East, might not be a community one would associate with Jersey City. Due to an ongoing cycle of persecution and discrimination in the ...

A Coptic icon artist honors the 21 Christian martyrs murdered by ISIS in Libya. When the Coptic Church announced this weekend that their 21 brothers killed by the Islamic State in Libya had been ...

CAIRO, EGYPT—Customs officials seized three ancient Coptic Christian icons at the Cairo airport. The parcel was headed to the United States, but the intercepted icons were rerouted to the Ministry of ...

A gun attack that killed at least 26 Coptic Christians on a bus in Egypt is just the latest assault on the religious minority group, which has been a target for deadly violence throughout its history.

Two popes sat side by side before a crowd of rain-soaked pilgrims in St. Peter's Square May 10. Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II, patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt, was at the Vatican to mark the 50th ...

Once again, a holy day in the Coptic Christian calendar will be remembered as a day of bloodshed. As Egypt’s Orthodox Christians celebrated Palm Sunday and children joyfully brandished palm fronds, re ...

The carved-wood front doors imported from Egypt are the first clue that St. Mary Coptic Orthodox Church will tantalize the eyes once you walk in. The details not only represent art and craftsmanship, ...